The California Critical Access Hospital Network (CCAHN) is a statewide organization that exists for the purpose of creating collaborative working relationships among California critical access hospitals to strengthen its members through sharing resources, education, and innovation.
CCAHN’s mission: Working together to strengthen the health of our communities.

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Adventist Health Clear Lake
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Adventist Health Howard Memorial
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Adventist Health Mendocino Coast
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Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley
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Banner Lassen Medical Center
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Bear Valley Community Hospital
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Catalina Island Medical Center
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Colorado River Medical Center
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Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai
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Eastern Plumas District Hospital
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Fairchild Medical Center
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George L. Mee Memorial Hospital
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Glenn Medical Center
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Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
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Healdsburg Hospital
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Jerold Phelps Community Hospital
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John C. Fremont Healthcare District
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Kern Valley Healthcare District
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Mammoth Hospital
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Mark Twain Medical Center
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Mayers Memorial Healthcare District
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Mercy Medical Center, Mt. Shasta
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Modoc Medical Center
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Northern Inyo Hospital
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Orchard Hospital
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Palo Verde Hospital
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Plumas District Hospital
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Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital
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Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
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San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital District
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Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital
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Seneca Healthcare District
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Southern Inyo Healthcare District
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Surprise Valley Health Care District
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Sutter Lakeside Hospital
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Tahoe Forest Hospital
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Trinity Hospital
Adventist Health Clear Lake | Chuck Kassis | kassisc@ah.org |
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast | Judy Leach | leachjl@ah.org |
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley | Edward Martin | martineh@ah.org |
Banner Lassen Medical Center | Sandy Dugger | sandy.dugger@bannerhealth.com |
Bear Valley Community Hospital | Evan J. Rayner | evan.rayner@bvchd.com |
Catalina Island Medical Center | Jason Paret | jparet@cimedicalcenter.org |
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai | Haady Lashkari | hlashkari@cmhshealth.org |
Eastern Plumas Health Care | Douglas McCoy | doug.mccoy@ephc.org |
Fairchild Medical Center | Jonathon Andrus | jandrus@fairchildmed.org |
George L. Mee Memorial Hospital | Rena Salamacha | rsalamacha@meememorial.com |
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital | Mary Casillas | mcasillas@hazelhawkins.com |
Healdsburg Hospital | Michelle Oxford | Michelle.Oxford@providence.org |
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital | Matt Rees | mrees@shchd.org |
John C. Fremont Healthcare District | Patricia Ryan | patricia.ryan@jcf-hospital.com |
Kern Valley Healthcare District | Timothy McGlew | timothymcglew@kvhd.org |
Mammoth Hospital | Tom Parker | tom.parker@mammothhospital.com |
Mark Twain Medical Center | Doug Archer | doug.archer@commonspirit.org |
Mayers Memorial Hospital District | Ryan Harris | rharris@mayersmemorial.com |
Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta | Rodger Page | rodger.page@dignityhealth.org |
Modoc Medical Center | Kevin Kramer | k.kramer@modocmedicalcenter.org |
Northern Inyo Hospital | Stephen DelRossi, MSA | Stephen.DelRossi@nih.org |
Plumas District Hospital | Darren Beatty | dbeatty@pdh.org |
Plumas District Hospital | JoDee Johnson | jjohnson@pdh.org |
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital | Michael Keleman | michael.keleman@providence.org |
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital | Jim A. Suver | james.suver@rrh.org |
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital | Mark Turner | mark.turner@mchcares.com |
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital | Katie Gorndt | kgorndt@gmail.com |
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital | Ronald C. Werft | rwerft@sbch.org |
Seneca Healthcare District | Shawn McKenzie | smckenzie@senecahospital.org |
Surprise Valley Health Care District | Frances Hannah | hannah@svhospital.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Timothy Stephens | cheneydr@sutterhealth.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Scott Knight | knights@sutterhealth.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Timothy Stephens | timothy.stephens@sutterhealth.org |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Louis J. Ward | Louis.ward@TFHD.com |
Adventist Health Clear Lake | Dean Shepardson | Shepard@ah.org |
Adventist Health Howard Memorial | Jeff Mock | MockJR@ah.org |
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley | Shane Cox | coxsh@ah.org |
Banner Lassen Medical Center | Jennifer McMillan | jennifer.mcmillan@bannerhealth.com |
Bear Valley Community Hospital | Garth Hamblin | garth.hamblin@bvchd.com |
Catalina Island Medical Center | John Lovrich | jlovrich@cimedicalcenter.org |
Community Memorial Hospital | Tyler Woolsey | twoolsey@cmhshealth.org |
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai | Jim Corwin | jcorwin@mycmh.org |
Eastern Plumas Health Care | Katherine Pairish | katherine.pairish@ephc.org |
Fairchild Medical Center | Jody Gretzke | jgretzke@fairchildmed.org |
Fairchild Medical Center | Kelly Martin | kmartin@fairchildmed.org |
George L. Mee Memorial Hospital | Heather Weatherwax | hweatherwax@meememorial.com |
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital | Mark Robinson | mrobinson@hazelhawkins.com |
Healdsburg Hospital | Erika Wright | erika.wright@providence.org |
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital | Diane Meredith Gordon | dgordon@shchd.org |
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital | Paul Eves | peves@shchd.org |
John C. Fremont | Colleen Choi | Colleen.Choi@jcf-hospital.com |
Kern Valley Healthcare District | David Recupero | davidrecupero@kvhd.org |
Mammoth Hospital | Dawn Van Winkle | dawn.vanwinkle@mammothhospital.com |
Mammoth Hospital | Melanie Van Winkle | melanie.vanwinkle@mammothhospital.com |
Mark Twain Medical Center | Nikki Ochoa | nikki.ochoa@commonspirit.org |
Mayers Memorial Hospital District | Marinda May | mmay@mayersmemorial.com |
Mayers Memorial Hospital District | Travis Lakey | tlakey@mayersmemorial.com |
Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta | Robert Lowes | robert.lowes@commonspirit.org |
Modoc Medical Center | Jin Lin | j.lin@modocmedicalcenter.org |
Northern Inyo Hospital | Vinay Behl | vinay.behl@nih.org |
Plumas District Hospital | Caleb Johnson | cjohnson@pdh.org |
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital | Basil Saied | Basil.Saied@providence.org |
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital | Yvonne Waggener | yvonne.waggener@mchcares.com |
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital | Kristin Tufvesson | ktufvess@sbch.org |
Seneca Healthcare District | Steve Boline | sboline@senecahospital.org |
Surprise Valley Health Care District | Frances Hannah | hannah@svhospital.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Henry Yu | yuh@sutterhealth.org |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Crystal Felix | cfelix@tfhd.com |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Victoria Morgan | vmorgan@tfhd.com |
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley | Brooke Wendell | wendelbc@ah.org |
Adventist Health Ukiah Valley | Aurelia Ramirez | ramireal@ah.org |
Banner Lassen Medical Center | Tom Prescott | Thomas.Prescott@bannerhealth.com |
Banner Lassen Medical Center | Sandy Dugger | sandy.dugger@bannerhealth.com |
Bear Valley Community Hospital | Erin Wilson | erin.wilson@bvchd.com |
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai | Kari Anne McPherson | kmcpherson@mycmh.org |
Fairchild Medical Center | Joann Sarmento | jsarmento@fairchildmed.org |
Healdsburg Hospital | Kristina Holloway | kristina.holloway@providence.org |
Mayers Memorial Hospital District | Libby Mee | lmee@mayersmemorial.com |
Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta | Dena Platz | dena.platz@dignityhealth.org |
Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta | Denise Little | denise.little@dignityhealth.org |
Modoc Medical Center | Amber M. Vucina | a.vucina@modocmedicalcenter.org |
Northern Inyo Hospital | Alison Murray | alison.murray@nih.org |
Plumas District Hospital | Denise Harding | dharding@pdh.org |
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital | Wendy Bates | wendy.bates@rrh.org |
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital | Julie Atwood | julie.atwood@mchcares.com |
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital | Diana Lovan | dlovan@sbch.org |
Surprise Valley Health Care District | Chanda Pedotti-Musch | cpedotti@svhospital.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Joaquin Blanco | Joaquin.Blanco@sutterhealth.org |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Alex MacLennan | amaclennan@tfhd.com |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Janeth Waters | jwaters@tfhd.com |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Lucy Wright | lwright@tfhd.com |
Adventist Health Howard Memorial | Ryan Runyan | runyanra@ah.org |
Banner Lassen Medical Center | Robin May | robin.may@bannerhealth.com |
Bear Valley Community Hospital | Jon Booth | jon.booth@bvchd.com |
Catalina Island Medical Center | Jason Paret | jparet@ci-health.org |
Community Memorial Hospital – Ojai | Keith McWilliams | kmcwilliams@mycmh.org |
Eastern Plumas Health Care | Wendy Brown | Wendy.Brown@ephc.org |
Fairchild Medical Center | Jason Roberts | jroberts@fairchildmed.org |
George L. Mee Memorial Hospital | Nick Alatorre | nalatorre@meememorial.com |
Hazel Hawkins | Salomon Mercado | smercado@hazelhawkins.com |
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital | Jason Dockins | jdockins@shchd.org |
Jerold Phelps Community Hospital | Matt Rees | mrees@shchd.org |
Kern Valley Healthcare District | Cary Zuber | caryzuber@kvhd.org |
Mammoth Hospital | Alasdair Simonds | alasdair.simonds@mammothhospital.com |
Mammoth Hospital | Brian Weller | brian.weller@mammothhospital.com |
Mayers Memorial Hospital District | Jeff Miles | jmiles@mayersmemorial.com |
Modoc Medical Center | Andy Camacho | a.camacho@modocmedicalcenter.org |
Modoc Medical Center | Kevin Kramer | k.kramer@modocmedicalcenter.org |
Northern Inyo Hospital | Robin Cassidy | robin.cassidy@nih.org |
Plumas District Hospital | Elizabeth Steffen | esteffen@pdh.org |
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital | Patrick Miller | patrick.miller@mchcares.com |
Seneca Healthcare District | Brian Churchill | bchurchill@senecahospital.org |
Seneca Healthcare District | Jacobb Sullens | jsullens@senecahospital.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Eric Wilhelm | Eric.Wilhelm@sutterhealth.org |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Jake Dorst | jdorst@tfhd.com |
Tahoe Institute for Rural Health Research | Tom Hobday | thobday@suddenlink.net |
Adventist Health Howard Memorial | Kathy Smith | smithka@ah.org |
Banner Lassen Medical Center | Michael Rhodes | michael.rhodes@bannerhealth.com |
Bear Valley Community Hospital | Steve Long | steve.long@bvchd.com |
Fairchild Medical Center | Donna Cruz | dcruz@fairchildmed.org |
Fairchild Medical Center | Jody Gretzke | jgretzke@fairchildmed.org |
George L. Mee Memorial Hospital | Patrick Grindstaff | pgrindstaff@meememorial.com |
Glenn Medical Center | Tawny Palomino | tpalomino@glennmed.org |
Kern Valley Healthcare District | Christine Pulido | christinepulido@kvhd.org |
Mammoth Hospital | Andrew Crosby | andrew.crosby@mammothhospital.com |
Modoc Medical Center | Lance Chrysler | l.p.chrysler@modocmedicalcenter.org |
Plumas District Hospital | Michelle Krehbiel | mkrehbiel@pdh.org |
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital | Holly Lawrence | holly.lawrence@rrh.org |
San Bernardino Mountains Community Hospital | Cameron Egerer | cameron.egerer@mchcares.com |
Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital | Judy Blokdyk | jblokdyk@sbch.org |
Seneca Healthcare District | Steven Stoops | spstoops@senecahospital.org |
Southern Inyo Hospital | Daniel Smith | dmsmith@sihd.org |
Surprise Valley Health Care District | Karla Whisler | karlaw@svhospital.org |
Sutter Lakeside Hospital | Michael Wilkinson | wilkinma@sutterhealth.org |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Ernesto Garcia | egarcia@tfhd.com |
Tahoe Forest Hospital District | Matt Rouse | mrouse@tfhd.com |
Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX/CAH) Program
Although focused on small, rural hospitals, the flex program operates at the national, state, community, and facility levels to cover a broad range of fundamental health service issues and modernization goals. State use flex resources for performance management activities, training programs, needs assessments, and network building. Efforts have included the use of a balanced scorecard approach, forming relationships with state quality improvement organizations, developing quality improvement networks, and participating in national quality improvement and reporting efforts.
The flex program requires states to develop rural health plans and funds their efforts to implement community-level outreach and technical assistance to advance the following goals:
- Improve quality of care and performance management
- Improve and integrate emergency medical services
- Develop and implement rural health networks
- Support existing CAHs and eligible hospitals
- Designate CAHs in the state
Only states with CAHs or potential CAHs are eligible for the flex program.
With questions, reach out to Peggy Wheeler at pwheeler@calhospital.org or Lisa Geraty at lgeraty@calhospital.org